Private equity is sexy so MBA programs are dishing up more courses
The flood of LBO deals sponsored by private equity is having a direct impact on business schools, who in turn are offering more courses designed to attract and educate the next generation of private equity bsd's:
Amid the recent flurry of deals to take public companies private, M.B.A. programs are offering more intensive private-equity courses and strengthening their connections with buyout firms to help students land jobs. At the same time, schools are trying to lure junior employees of buyout shops to their M.B.A. programs to groom them for higher-level positions in private equity.
"Private equity is the sexy industry where the money is being made and where many of our applicants want to be," says Rose Martinelli, associate dean for student recruitment and admissions at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
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